How common is the surname Yaeger?

3,537 people in the United States had the surname Yaeger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,290 Americans. It ranked 9,212th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Yaeger?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Yaeger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Yaeger most common?

Wikidata records people named Yaeger in the United States.

Is the surname Yaeger getting more or less common?

More common. 3,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,537 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Yaeger

A surname, carried by 3,537 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yaeger is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,537 people named Yaeger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,290 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,495.

#9,212

rank among US surnames

3,537

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,663)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,209	Stutts	3,541	87,192
#9,210	Bankhead	3,540	87,216
#9,211	Lamontagne	3,539	87,241
#9,212	Yaeger	3,537	87,290
#9,217	Eide	3,536	87,315

Who is named Yaeger

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Yaeger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Yaegers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kurt Yaeger
American actor, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Yaeger

Yaeger has the Soundex code Y260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y260.

Questions

How common is the surname Yaeger?: 3,537 people in the United States had the surname Yaeger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,290 Americans. It ranked 9,212th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yaeger?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Yaeger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Yaeger?: Kurt Yaeger, American actor.
Where is the surname Yaeger most common?: Wikidata records people named Yaeger in the United States.
Is the surname Yaeger getting more or less common?: More common. 3,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,537 in 2010, up 1.2%.